VALVE MAGAZINE Fall 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

Westinghouse Submits Safety Design Report for eVinci Test Reactor Westinghouse Electric has submitted its eVinci Microreactor Preliminary Safety Design Report (PSDR) to the Department of Energy’s National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC). Westinghouse is the first reactor developer to reach this milestone in support of siting its test reactor at NRIC’s Demonstration of Microreac tor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). The PSDR is a major milestone in the recently completed Front-End Engineering and Experiment Design (FEEED) process that Westinghouse began in October 2023. The PSDR provides comprehensive safety and operational reference materials pre pared by the dedicated eVinci team and follows DOE-Idaho’s approval of the eVinci Safety Design Strategy. The eVinci microreactor builds on Westinghouse innovation to bring carbon-free, safe and scalable energy for a variety of applications, includ ing providing reliable electricity and heating for remote communities, mining operations, industrial centers, data centers and defense facilities, and soon the lunar surface and beyond. The eVinci works essentially as a battery, providing the versatility for power systems ranging from several kilowatts to 5 megawatts of electrici ty, delivered for 8-plus years without refueling. It can also produce high temperature heat suitable for indus trial applications, including alternative fuel production, and has the flexibility to balance renewable output.

Flowserve Completes Acquisition of MOGAS Industries

Flowserve Corporation, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that it has completed the acquisition of MOGAS Industries. This transaction helps strengthen Flowserve’s presence in mission-crit ical severe service valves and associ ated aftermarket services. “We welcome the MOGAS team to Flowserve and look forward to lever aging our industry-leading scale to expand the MOGAS severe service portfolio and aftermarket services to

customers around the world,” says Scott Rowe, President and CEO of Flowserve. “This acquisition acceler ates growth under our 3D strategy and enhances our valve aftermar ket business with MOGAS’ large installed base.” Flowserve intends to fully inte grate MOGAS into its Flow Control Division segment.

Kairos Power and Google Sign Power Purchase Agreements

the early iterations, each new plant will enable continued learning and optimization to support accelerated commercialization. Google’s deep commitment to decarbonization makes it a clean energy development leader. Since 2010, the company has signed more than 115 agreements totaling over 14 gigawatts of clean energy generation capacity. The additional generation developed under this multiplant agreement with Kairos Power will complement Google’s existing use of variable renewables, like solar and wind, and help them reach their ambitious carbon-free energy and net zero goals.

Under the agreement, Kairos Power will develop, construct and operate a series of advanced reactor plants and sell energy, ancillary services and environmental attributes to Google under Power Purchase Agreements (PPA). Plants will be sited in relevant service territories to supply clean electricity to Google data centers, with the first deployment by 2030 to support Google’s 24/7 carbon-free energy and net zero goals. The innovative, multiplant agree ment will support technology devel opment by extending Kairos Power’s iterative demonstration strategy through its first commercial deploy ments. Building on progress from

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